Burst Alert Telescope

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The Burst Alert Telescope is a high-energy gamma-ray detector on the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory designed to rapidly locate and trigger follow-up observations of cosmic gamma-ray bursts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gamma-ray telescope ⓘ
space telescope instrument ⓘ
abbreviation BAT ⓘ
alternativeName Swift BAT ⓘ
associatedMission Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission ⓘ
collaboration international scientific community ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dataProduct gamma-ray burst alerts ⓘ
hard X-ray sky survey data ⓘ
detectionTechnique coded-aperture mask imaging ⓘ
energyRange 15–150 keV ⓘ
fieldOfView approximately one-sixth of the sky ⓘ
fieldOfViewType wide field of view ⓘ
fundingAgency NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
hasComponent coded mask ⓘ
detector plane ⓘ
onboard processing system ⓘ
readout electronics ⓘ
launchDate 2004-11-20 ⓘ
launchVehicle Delta II 7320-10C ⓘ
linked to: Delta rocket
localizationAccuracy arcminute scale ⓘ
missionRole burst detection and localization instrument ⓘ
triggers repointing of Swift XRT and UVOT instruments ⓘ
mountingLocation Swift spacecraft bus ⓘ
namedAfterMissionRenaming Neil Gehrels ⓘ
observes cosmic gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
hard X-ray sources ⓘ
onboardSoftwareFunction automatic localization of transient events ⓘ
real-time burst detection algorithms ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ⓘ
platformOrbit low Earth orbit ⓘ
primaryPurpose detect gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
provide rapid localization of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
trigger follow-up observations of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
provides burst positions to ground-based observatories ⓘ
scientificDiscipline gamma-ray astronomy ⓘ
high-energy astrophysics ⓘ
scientificImpact contributed to understanding of GRB progenitors ⓘ
enabled rapid multiwavelength follow-up of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
spacecraft Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ⓘ
spectralBand hard X-ray band ⓘ
supportsObservationOf afterglows of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
surveyCapability all-sky hard X-ray monitoring ⓘ
telescopeType coded-mask gamma-ray imager ⓘ
triggers autonomous spacecraft slews ⓘ
wavelength gamma rays ⓘ

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Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory → instrument → Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ
Burst Alert Telescope → associatedMission → Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission ⓘ
linked to: Burst Alert Telescope
Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope → onboardWith → Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ
Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope → developedForMission → Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer ⓘ
linked to: Burst Alert Telescope
Swift → hasInstrument → Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ
NASA Explorer Program → notableMission → Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission ⓘ
linked to: Burst Alert Telescope
Medium Explorer missions → includesMission → Swift Gamma‑Ray Burst Explorer ⓘ
linked to: Burst Alert Telescope
BAT → fullName → Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ
BAT → acronymFor → Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ
Swift BAT → fullName → Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ
Swift BAT → onboardSpacecraft → Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer ⓘ
linked to: Burst Alert Telescope
UVOT → partOf → Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer ⓘ
linked to: Burst Alert Telescope
Swift → formerName → Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer ⓘ
subject linked to: Swift satellite
linked to: Burst Alert Telescope
Swift → hasInstrument → Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ
subject linked to: Swift satellite